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Dino Village by Suchista

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made by Suchista for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

ALERT! A big meteor is heading down the Earth. The last dinosaurs gathered on a gable to build a shelter. Your task is to help them!

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:goal: Goal: - The ultimate goal is for the dinosaurs to survive both the meteor fall and flood. - The clock is ticking, the cataclysm will come. But you can delay it by shooting the meteor with lasers fueled by biodegradable waste (i.e. dino poop). - Dinosaurs need food to live and make poop

:notebook: More details for interested: - You need to build a shelter and a dam. - To do that, you will need 3 resources: gold, food and poop. - To produce them, you will need gold mines, windmills and dinos.

:joystick: Controls: - You only need a mouse. - Click on poop to gather it. - Click on hungry dino to feed it. - Place new buildings onto available spots to build them.

:tired_face: Too much clicking?

In the postjam version you can just hold left mouse button down to gather poop and feed dinos!

Link https://suchista.itch.io/dino-village
postjam https://suchista.itch.io/dino-village-postjam
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/dino-village

Ratings

Overall 380th 3.764⭐ 55🧑‍⚖️
Fun 282th 3.755⭐ 55🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 419th 3.575⭐ 55🧑‍⚖️
Theme 167th 4.142⭐ 55🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 881th 3.413⭐ 54🧑‍⚖️
Audio 511th 3.453⭐ 55🧑‍⚖️
Mood 569th 3.594⭐ 55🧑‍⚖️
Given 72🗳️ 89🗨️

Feedback

Alchemic
05. Apr 2022 · 06:41 UTC
Pretty fun and balanced, but too much clicking! I wish I could just hold down the mouse button to vacuum up poop and feed dinos, my frail programmer hands can't handle that much stress lol
LDJam user 73887
05. Apr 2022 · 12:06 UTC
I generally like the idea and having a game where collecting dinosaur poop gives you money certainly has a market. But I agree that it's very clicky and the colours / art is a bit dull.

Good entry though! You implemented it smoothly
jkniest
05. Apr 2022 · 13:10 UTC
This game is awesome! I really like the pressuring aspect to it. Unfournetly I am too incompetent to not let my dinos starve, but after a bit I managed that too.

Really like the idea. Graphics are cute <3
Cresceda
05. Apr 2022 · 20:03 UTC
Liked your game! Never saw so much sh*t in my life but I won't complain.
Helen
06. Apr 2022 · 18:18 UTC
I like your game and I love dinosaurs :) - so I clicked as fast as I could, but they didn't survive :cry:
Your submission perfectly matches the theme, is creative and fun to play. But I agree with the others that it's a bit too much clicking. Maybe the poop should spawn less often?
LDJam user 279754
07. Apr 2022 · 09:25 UTC
I love dinosours, and the game is fun, i matched the theme perfectly, delaying meteor with a poop - awsome, overall great music, nice simple graphics, good game!
ATH-AI
07. Apr 2022 · 09:38 UTC
Gives Diablo 2 a run for its money in the click department.
PashaLoban
07. Apr 2022 · 15:38 UTC
Cool game
Mickxe
07. Apr 2022 · 18:04 UTC
Nice! Feels like a pretty complete game cycle, it would be interesting to see you keep expanding this idea.
Telkan
07. Apr 2022 · 18:06 UTC
Just piling shit to stop a flood is a great mood, love it
Beelzeboss
07. Apr 2022 · 18:11 UTC
Why is this my favorite game? A bit to much clicking, but otherwise very creative and hunorous. Great job!
ciderpunk
07. Apr 2022 · 18:12 UTC
I gots the RSI but I enjoyed it so that's ok!
Stefan Funke
07. Apr 2022 · 18:15 UTC
I love dinosaurs! So I had to play this game :D

I still have to figure out how to win. It's quite tricky. But I had a good time so far. Good job :)
Matt E
07. Apr 2022 · 18:20 UTC
That was a fun puzzle. I wasn't sure what you were suppose to do after you build the shelter, other than wait for the meteor to land. Thanks for the game, I had fun.
LDJam user 280755
08. Apr 2022 · 00:44 UTC
Pretty fun! Thanks for making the no-click version. Definitely saved my wrists :-)
KreGames
08. Apr 2022 · 06:28 UTC
Nice game. It is hard to detect which dino is hungry and which isn't. Is there a way to win? Or the theme means you meant to be loose.
ikelucas
08. Apr 2022 · 07:16 UTC
Great concept! I really liked how there is a "right answer" but it's entirely reachable while playing. The no-click version is even better! Nice visuals too, it's full of personality.
bodCodes
08. Apr 2022 · 07:35 UTC
Awesome take on the theme, full marks for originality, pretty sure this is unique :smile: Music has a certain ancient/classical quality which somehow elevates the unusual primary task of the game. Fun to play, well done.
fizzbark
08. Apr 2022 · 07:49 UTC
I had fun, all the systems seems to work pretty well. I did have a bit of trouble seeing my cursor when I went full screen but other than that the game was very readable.
Morricore
08. Apr 2022 · 08:47 UTC
On this jam I've seen various games with idea like this, but this one is my favorite by far. Wacky, psychedelic, with a hint of good ending.
LDJam user 262142
08. Apr 2022 · 17:24 UTC
cute little game, i tried so hard to keep my dinos alive but never realized there's a Delay button for the meteor until like the 5th retry lmao... without delaying though, i think there's a bug because if you managed to build the shelter first, when the timer runs out for shelter it triggers the flood game over even though there's still like 30+ seconds on the clock for flood (jam version)
Kupnu4
09. Apr 2022 · 10:00 UTC
A very entertaining experience that is! I love how the game was drawn and the music is nice as well! I don't know if it was supposed to be funny but it is. In a a very pleasant way🙂
Too much clicking the say. But you know, it's a clicker game! So far the best one I've played this Jam. Wish you good luck! 🦕🦕🦕
coatline
09. Apr 2022 · 23:22 UTC
Super fun game. I played to the end. I really like the sound effects for everything and I launch fecal matter at meteors in my free time. The music is great. It feels like it was made for the dinosaur era. This is a great idea and it is really cute. Thanks for the game!
0x746564
10. Apr 2022 · 19:29 UTC
So much clicking. I enjoyed the hand drawn graphics. Music and sound effects were nice as well.

Took some strategizing but I got it eventually! I wasn't sure if something was supposed to happen when I bought the shelter (like if I was supposed to build it). Also didn't realize I could build where the dinos were walking around until the first time I got the flood.
LDJam user 268300
11. Apr 2022 · 19:32 UTC
Very fun and silly - really liked it! Graphics were great and the gameplay was engaging. Great job!
saintchristopher777
12. Apr 2022 · 01:01 UTC
Awwww, cute little dinos! Too bad for them I suck at hoarding food, and the asteroid got em. Got the dam though! Even though it's minimalistic, the design on this is great! Good job!
Chris McKnight
12. Apr 2022 · 14:23 UTC
Solid entry, Really hits the theme and is a cute clicker game that gets you into the rotation pretty fast.
I think the fact that I immediately replayed it after my first run because I knew I could do better was a testament to how much fun it was.
I think improvement-wise it would help knowing that things like the flood would destroy my food production before hand, knowing that I only have X amount of time to hit food cap definitely changes how I approached priorities in the game. Great game !
Wizard
13. Apr 2022 · 17:31 UTC
Really fun and clear gameplay. Best game i've played so far. Well done
JHax
13. Apr 2022 · 21:14 UTC
The sort of hand drawn-ish look to this is very cool. It's a really nice sort of encapsulation of management type games. The dinosaurs are cute and the whole thing has a lovely sense of levity about it!
zimny11
14. Apr 2022 · 08:26 UTC
Awesome game! Love the game mechanics and the graphics. I normally don't like games where you need to click too much, but I think the idea behind the game justifies it. Besides, it wasn't as much clicking as I thought. Great job!
Ehon
14. Apr 2022 · 16:30 UTC
I am a simple man, I see dinos, I play. It was amazing, so simple but in the same time effective, I tried two times (but failed both oops). Awesome entry, one of my faves definitely.
Sibi
16. Apr 2022 · 11:22 UTC
Wow that was great! Nice variant of a cookie clicker! I managed to barely win the first attempt. The balancing was really on point and it was a matter of seconds. I really liek that you could actually win and have a true goal.
Dudum Lare
16. Apr 2022 · 12:31 UTC
What a fun little game! The art style is so unique and cute!
Fromage
17. Apr 2022 · 01:02 UTC
Very glad to hear you can just hold and sweep in the new version, liked this a lot!